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LOT 3854
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. Struck 1248-1250. London mint; Henri, moneyer. Long Cross coinage, class 3a2.
(Star) ҺЄHRICVS (NR ligate) RЄX (X with one curved limb) • III', crowned facing head / ҺЄH-RI O-H LV-ИDЄ (ЄH and ИD ligate), long voided cross with central pellet, quatrefoils in each angle. North 986; SCBC 1362A. Very Fine.(1.48gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Colchester Hoard, 1969.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Halfpenny. Struck 1344-1351. London (Tower) mint. Third (Florin) coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ ЄDWARDVS RЄX, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 1558. 0.57gr, 15mm, 5h.
Fine.
Found Shropshire, UK. -
England. Plantagenet, John AR Penny Struck in the name of Henry II, 1204-1209. Canterbury mint; Simon, moneyer. Short cross type, class 5b.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ҺЄNRICVS R-ЄX, crowned facing bust holding sceptre / ✠ SIMON ON CANT, voided short cross with small crosses in angles. North 970; SCBC 1351. 1.29gr, 18mm, 10h.
Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Lancaster, Henry V AV Noble. 1413-1422. London mint. Class C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
ҺЄnRIC 'ˣ DI 'ˣ GRA 'ˣ RЄX 'ˣ AnGL 'ˣ Z ˣ FRAnC 'ˣ DnS 'ˣ ҺЧB 'ˣ ('Henry by the Grace of God, King of England and France, Lord of Ireland'), Henry standing facing in ship with bowsprit, holding sword and shield; rosette to left of hand; ornaments -11-11, ropes 3/2, quatrefoils 3/3, lis 1-2-1; broken annulet on hull / ⧾ IҺ'C ˣ AVTЄᙏ ˣˣ TRAnSIЄnS ˣˣ PЄR ˣˣ ᙏЄDIV 'ˣ ILLORV 'ˣ IBAT ('But Jesus, passing through the midst of them, went His way'), short cross potent over cross fleurée; angled polylobe containing Һ at centre, lion passant guardant with crown above and trefoil below in each angle; all within polylobe, lis in each spandrel. Schneider 227; North 1371; SCBC 1742. 6.81gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Lustrous metal.
Found South Gloucestershire, UK, on 18 February 2024.
